The route used to take the entourage to the innermost villages around Kanchipuram. His Holiness during stay in Kanchi would perform Kanchi Nagara Pradakshinam after Chandramoulishwara Puja on the occasion of Diwali. For common people like us we can state that Pradakshinam to this holy town would indirectly count for Pradakshinam to all the temples. In the Kanchi Puranam we can see the details of all the divine places of Kanchipuram. In this ancient city of Kanchi, which is the only Mokshapuri in Southern India, there are more than 100 Shiva Temples of which several are Padal Petra Sthalangal, ancient Vishnu Temples of Puranic yore and other historic temples.
His Holiness in his speeches while explaining the importance of Pradakshinam, quotes the Mrtyunjaya Stotram, where Jagadguru Adi Sankara says that by performing Pradakshinam with devotion, in every foot ignorance is removed, auspiciousness is attained and we surrender to the Lord for his divine protection. This can be witnessed in ancient cities like Kanchi, Kashi, Govardhan-Mathura, Tiruvannamalai, Parvathamalai, Narmada Parikrama, Kailasha Parikrama etc. Pradakshina Namaskaram forms the important part of daily Pujas of Hindu families.Īdditionally, Devalaya Pradakshinam, Giri Pradakshinam, Nadi Pradakshinam & Nagara Pradakshinam is in vogue in our country since centuries. The Puranic story of Pradakshinam performed by Lord Ganesha & Lord Karthikeya is one of the famous incidents listened by children with awe & interest. Parikrama is an ancient tradition of our country.
Produced by Krishnaswamy associates (p) Ltd in 1992 Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, the 69th Shankaracharya and his successor the 70th Shankaracharya, Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi are the current pontiffs of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. His holiness demonstrated neither magic nor miracles, and connected with people across generations and across the globe. Pujyasri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal or the Sage of Kanchi is the 68th guru in the line of Shankaracharyas. Sages and scholars have regarded him as an incarnation of the Divine. His miraculous achievements, within a short life span of thirty-two years, speak of his super-human aspect. Mohana Krishnaswamy under the banner of Krishnaswamy Associates P Ltd.Īdi Shankara, the founder of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham was one of the greatest philosophers and spiritualists of the world. Written and directed by documentary film maker Dr. Here is a documentary on the history of Kanchi kamakoti Peetham, a Hindu monastic institution located in Kanchipuram.
The serial starts with the saint's birth, proceeds to his sainthood and uncovers the miracles in his life starting from his sudden uprising to become the Acharya of the Kanchi Mutt.Produced by Krishnaswamy associates (p)Ltd in 1992 After getting the position in the mutt, Swaminathan was renamed to Sri ChandrasekarendraSaraswatiSwamigal. The parents of Swaminathan recalled that at the time of his birth an astrologist forecasted that the world will come to the feet of his son. Swaminathan was immediately positioned as 68th Acharya of the mutt, when he was just 13 years old. But after presiding the mutt just for seven days, the 67th Acharya fell ill and died. The successor who was in the consideration for the position was SubramaniyaSastrigal, the first cousin of Swaminathan. In the year of 1907, the KanchiKamakoti Mutt was in the process of selecting its succeeding Acharya since the presiding Acharya was suffering from small pox. He was a scholarly student in his school times and his parents performed Upanayanam for him which is a procedure followed to qualify a boy for studying Vedic studies from a Guru. The saint born on 20th of May 1984 at Villupuram to a Brahmin family. His actual name was Swaminathan who was usually called by his devotees as Paramacharya or MahaPeriyava. KanchiParamacharya was the 68th guru of KanchiKamakoti Mutt.
The series portrays the life history and the miracles happened in the life of KanchiParamacharya.
MahaangalumAdhisayangalum is a spiritual TV serial getting aired in Star Vijay from Monday to Friday at 6 PM.